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Charles Birdwell Beard, Jr.

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Charles Birdwell Beard, Jr. of Dallas, Texas, completed his journey on earth and went home to God at 9:55 a.m. Christmas Eve from complications related to COVID-19. Graveside services will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 31, 2020 at Mt. Olivet Cemetery in Hugo, Okla. Officiating will be his nephew, the Rev. Deacon Charles D. Beard. A memorial service will also be held at Holy Cross Episcopal Church in Dallas on a date in the near future, to be determined.

JoElla Brown

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Funeral services for JoElla Brown, of Hugo, Okla., were held at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2020 at Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church. JoElla passed away Dec. 18, 2020 in Little Rock, Ark., at the age of 94.
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Ed Ross Ligon

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Ed Ross Ligon passed away peacefully in his home on Dec. 11, 2020 surrounded by his family. He was born June 7, 1932, in Comanche, Texas, the son of the Ed Ross, Sr. and Ruth (Bryson) Ligon. After graduating from high school, Ross married his sweetheart, Patsy Karolyn Grey on Nov. 9, 1951 in Comanche, Texas. They soon moved to Fallon, Nev., where Ross worked on a ranch until he was drafted by the U.S. Army. He served two years as a radar opera-tor and then after his discharge he spent one year working for General Motors in Arlington, Texas. He then, along with his father-in-law, Challie Grey, went on a hunt for a ranch in Colorado, Arizona and New Mexico. They fell in love with a beautiful place at the foothills of the Ladrone mountain in Magdalena, N.M. Ross put his heart and soul into the ranch and as result won several awards: Salado S.W.C.D. Outstanding Rancher, Bureau of Land Management Riparian Showcase Award and Steward Rancher of The Year.